LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81901, 13 December 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Potato blight lias made its appear iici.' on the western ,si<!<> of New Fly louth.

Carriimton-road ratepayers are to • asked to sanction a lean of TiOOO ir street widening purposes.

The Sydney-Vancouver despatch of to 30th October arrived in London on ic morning of the !)th inst.

The mail steamer due to leave San r'raucisco on the (ith inst., will not eave there until the 27th. No mail >y that route will theitfore reach the olonv on the 24th December. The mail 'which left London via Urindi.-i uu the 23rd .November will reach Auckland about the oOlh December.

The Native Land Court, adjourned to New Plymouth from Waitara, resumes its sittings in the (Jill-street flail to-day, Judge Kawsou presiding, lite Court sits here till the holiday:,' adjournment, and opens at Hawvra on Hie Sth January, thence, if necessary, coming back to New Plymouth.

The parent who complained to the Taianaki Educatiuu Hoard that one of

ier children was injured during school lours by a blow from the teacher s ,on, has written again, asking that .he matter be allowed to drop, anil

tating she will not allow the ehildrer o attend the school in future.

The following handicaps have been declared in connection with to-day's cycle race from New Plymouth to \vuitara and buck commencing from the tied House Hotel at 3 p.m.: Nat-trass, scratch, I'. Kipper •! min, L>. (Jeorgc 2 nun. Clow 3 min. Whillakcr 3 min. 6. (Jeorgc 4 min. C. lloebuck 0 nun. \\. lluebuck li min. Crockett b nun. Lmery 0 min. Stockman 0 min. \\ est 11 nun. llitwke, If min.

The following- appeal, sent by the manager of tlte Durban Home to 'the editor of the .Natal Alercury tells its own story of the state of all'airs in South Africa:—"We are really in need of boots and hats (broad-brimmed) for the men working on the relief works, both Corporation, aud Uoveriuuent. it must be remembered that all these men were a long time out of work, and the boots tuey are wearing are not eijual to the strain put upon tliem at ineir present employment, and it wiil lake tueni some tune to pull them selves round, and buy a suitable outlit.'

The annual meeting of the W'.C.T.C. was held in Wlnlciey Hall on \\ edncsday afternoon, the president (.Mrs Douglas) in the chair. There was a goou attendance. ill's Upton read the annual report, detailing a years useful work. The balance - slieel showed a revenue of X.U los yd. The principal items of income: Members lees, Jt'J as (id; proceeds of .Miss liroad's lecture, X2 os; net proceeds sale of work, £2O 17s bd. There is now a credit balance of .1110 ISs 10d in hand. A pianoforte duet was given by the .Misses U aid aud a solo by jlrs liich. Afternoon tea concluded an interesting gathering.

The Police Court on Wednesday morning, was occupied with the hearing of enarges against two young men, 1-red Tsutterw orih and James AlcC-reg-or, who pleaded guilty to having gambled by playing two-tip on a tram, aim to annoying passengers by their gain bling. Tlie informations were hud under the railway regulations, ami the police prosecuted. On tlie lirst charge DutlervvorUi was lined 10/ aim costs, and .Ucdrcgor was lined a similar amount and ordered to pay the costs of a witness. A third person, similarly charged, had not been served with a summons, but one of the accused said he would also plead guilty.

The Aielaneiinii Mission, described by the f(ev. Percy W llliams in Jus lec-tui-e on Tuesday as the must expensive of the Anglican missions, formed the subject ol a very interesting audress. Tne mission comprises iot) schools, with IiOO native teachers, and some 10,000 Ciirisliiins. me lecturer, alter reierring to the liigu ideals aim tiie ioresigni uf tne late liishop Set. wyn, saai inaL no parish coukt be a live parisii unless it'was a missionary parisii. .'uissiou l'unus al.ow no big salaries or easy billets. The LTshop was the oiuy man receiving over Xiioil pel annum, and the speaker had served lor years at the rale of 11,30 a vear and nis tucker. Bo that all money con-tir.mi.-d really found its way into mission work. rue barbarous luctnods of tne natives, llieir witchcraft and superstition, and a well-told description ol tne various islands, inane up a most enjoyable lecture,

School teachers in Soufiiiand are responsible for the following amusing sidelight on technical instruction, .in inspector oi Hie teachers' tlrawni" loin them that whilst tne drawui" throughout the colony was bad, that of Hie Southland teachers was assuredly the worst. One or two of the teat-iicis, in pointing out that they had a rather diuictiii subject, asked to be .show n where tkey maue llieir mistakes. So Hie inspector set to work to reproduce on tue blackboard his impressions of an ordinary laiie-bollouieil arm chair balanced upon one leg on the table. in,, iii-st lew cJu . llk h . id to be erased—they were wrong. "Lul, sir, we are nut allowed to ruo out " said one of the ciass. The inspector (■owned, and proceeded. He had unished his work, or thought he had «'heu the same mischievous .piestiouer put a "twister." Tiie inspector had goi ill three of the lour leg, visible, and the student asked "Where are you going lo put the fourth';' Teachers don i stand any nonsense in Southland,

A representative of the- ".News" paid •i » 1.111 to the Waitara Koad Butter iac ory the other day, and was cor- ' ■'' i received by the Jlanagei- Mr K ■'■■ " mim '> Wlio MM[U i' S-iVe all the uiorniaiion required. ii a . reason ■as oeen an exceptionally good 011e i-il-ii must faetora-s, and Waitara lioad 1- "'J exception. The present out-put tactory the senator in use | las it earn ;;;;;;>• * ™ &n OM IJIT h«, ul , iL ' ■•"■ ye- speaU very highly of it ,1 ■ "i„, "",'' 1 C ° ol sto, ''S'- : "ccommost ■' U T ' OUt m boXL ' s «m «e - i ''iterator The whole of the ~,'" "f h- mi « Jiorsc Tangey tl r AJ , "!*■«»'«lk higher ,u,i •I -\J Cowan hoist completes the out- '■ "I the iaetory which for cleanliness •"Hi {,»<« general arrangeuieui will a* ourubly compare with the best fac tone, in larauaki. .M r Limmer has {in en proof of his ability to make a h'sl-class butter by carrying ulv Uvo J<r=l prizes at (lie late .New I'lvniouth

■•ll"" Wairarnpa News savs: '•The bankruptcy of 11. S. Izard, 'solicitor, has caused very widespread dismav in tin! Wairampa. ;t is il u . greatest shock ever fxpfi-iciicL-d. in this district, anil is naturally the one absorbing subject of coiuincn! at- ill,. present time. Tilt amount iiivdlvi-<I i„ ril '■order at over .CiJi.UOtl, and probah'lv wacn all delaili arc in it will not ],',. much short of .C'IU.OW. Most of the liabilities are for trust moneys, and it would appear from a perusal' of I lie li-t thai there will he hardship •'an-ed to several win, have hern relvnu; on Hie investments which these sums represented for their livelihood. 'I lie assets in the o-'alc are tridin;.-. ThcMo-s to all concerned appears t„ be praetieally absolute. Inul the meet ni» summoned l,y ihe Depute Oihcial V-s-nre has been held and tile dcbior li:- i»-M heard, ii. i, preniallire to cxI"' M »"y "pillion on the debtor's ae-ti.-ms, but there ean be no doubt Ihe '■'■•-nil "f I hem will be a e,e.,i |,|, m - H"i "iil.v to the individuals -., ,|i--1..-H.V ' "llccrncd, lull to the uMricl. lin ranulieiilioiis of sueli a lin-li fnilinc in a comparatively small cummin n v are tadless. It is a bad „ m j ~ '-.id bti-ii]e.,s, mil of whieli must urow ;;r.ai. i roubles untl coinpliealions' lor '•' ! '"'. a ' c ' " ,l, » 1 "' 1 - "' l-"'"l'l". mane of vh"M have no direct concern ii, the '"""'T at all. It is a shock lo (he ■'i-ila-l ,u another aspeel. Mr l/.ald ; c-di principle ami int -riiv. |ij s ( ~|, 'l:reciioi,s. ~,„, sll<] , k . ioll . M)(| ,| is : n ; M ■" h " !'•'*" liilliorlo eonducled th.-ir !,|- Willi f,lii fllilh in (he iiilcerily '"' tin- e j„il whom is (here to'trust? t XKCjUALIj-D PIG FOOD.

■\"-- W. (.;. Jml,l, of Havwards. miit«i a- follows:—"1 have much Jilea-ur,. in slaiiiij.- that 1 have u>«l ■ .Sutresine-' for (lie pa-t four months, ari'l as a fattening- food for pigs, I hi-'l it, iinetpialled. f speak from pergonal experience, having' tried pollard, barleymea!, maize, wheat, i'ic." J. B-. MacEwan and Co., Now Plymouth, Agents.

"llussia lias the beat furuiiiij? land in tlii! world." said a llureau of Ae,ri- . ultnre expert. "In her lllack Earth i -■•41011 va-it craps of have been L'l-own for (10 or 70 years without, the ii.-.e of fertiliser. This region en.lipases 100.(10 aeres between the Carpathians and the Urals. The soil is like chocolate—rich, smooth, moist, dark brown. On analysis it reveals 45,000 pounds of nitrogen to the aero, is considered excellent that reveals 8000 pounds to the acre.

"Swimmer" writes:—There is yet ore trouble for our New Plymouth inuncrs. The manager of the baths, r Poland, having resigned, his relireent will possibly disorganise things little. Let us hope, ids successor ill be a man who will work as ussllously for the cause of swimming, lie lould be a capable swimmer, and one ho is able to teach and demonstrate le art. What we want is to teach ur children to swim. They will dove immense -benefit from regular idling if under proper conditions.

Let us hope the liorough Council will bo more liberal with regard to this matter and concede better facilities. I notice a report from Chrislchureh yes terduy that the City Council will lake a poll of ratepayers to sanction a loan of ilDOUl) for tlte erection of a public tepid water swimming bath. Leeds, in lorkshire, England, has 5000 girls in its public elementary schools under systematic instruction in swimming, and 600 of them hold certificates at export swimmers.